A 1-year-old boy starved to death in his car seat in the house where his mother died of an overdose in Tennessee. His 3-year-old sister tried for days to feed him.
The 32-year-old woman was found with her son in their Portland home, where the child was discovered strapped into a car seat on a bedroom floor.
1-year-old boy starved to death after mother’s drug overdose death
Autopsies that were performed in Tennessee indicated that a 1-year-old boy starved to death in his car seat in a home where his mother died of a drug overdose.
Likewise his 3-year-old sister, found alive, had been trying for days to feed her brother.
The bodies of Tiffany Spears, 32, and her infant son, Nicholas Crowder, were found in February at their home in Portland, about 35 miles northeast of Nashville.
The boy had been strapped into a car seat left on a bedroom floor.
Autopsy results released Monday indicated that the woman had already been dead for several days when a probation officer conducting a home visit alerted the Sumner County Sheriff’s Office, authorities said.
Tests revealed that the reason for her death was drug toxicity from methamphetamine and fentanyl, media reported.
The 15-month-old died of starvation and dehydration. Both deaths were ruled accidental.
“It appears that the deceased’s sister tried to care for him for several days,” the autopsy report said, noting that food was found in and around the car seat.
The 32-year-old woman was found with her son in their Portland home, where the child was discovered strapped into a car seat on a bedroom floor.
Likewise his 3-year-old sister, found alive, had been trying for days to feed her brother.
